It’s hard to tell what little kids will make of Fred Claus, but it’s not as if they haven’t been primed for it. By now, the Shrek movies and other Pixar/Dreamworks/Disney animations have taught them that fairy tales are to be mocked and deconstructed, not believed or adored. Reimagined today, Bambi and Dumbo would be plagued with work-related stress, acid reflux and sleep apnea.
–Steven Boone, Fred Claus: The problem isn’t Santa’s brother,” Newark Star Ledger
(Via Matt Zoller Seitz)